Benediction - For The Blessing of Heung Jin Nim and Hoon Sook Nim

Sun Myung MoonFebruary 20, 1984

Hoon
Sook (Pak) Moon

Beloved Heavenly Father,

Today, February 20, 1984, is the fiftieth day since Heung Jin
departed for the spirit world. It is also the fortieth day since Sam
O Je* is over.

Since the first human ancestors, Adam and Eve, forsook the
blessing -- which could only have been inherited as the worldwide
cultural tradition had they fulfilled the responsibility of True
Parents -- Heaven could not see the realization of the ideal of
creation. Wandering behind the scenes of human history, God led His
providence of restoration through numerous courses over four thousand
years, centering upon the chosen people, the Israelites. We
understand that Your will was to embrace the Cain territory of the
Roman Empire centered upon the Abel territory, Israel, together with
Eastern Asia and Asia. However, because the chosen people could not
unite with the Messiah, the world could not be united with the
Messiah. Jesus had to carry the tragic cross and leave his
responsibility unfulfilled, making the Second Coming inevitable.

Therefore, in order to restore the standard that Israel had lost
to Satan, Christianity had to undergo the four hundred year period of
persecution by entering the enemy's territory, the Roman Empire.
Based upon its victory over the Roman Empire, Christianity could
finally start its providence on the worldwide level. Yet the Catholic
Church in Europe could not accomplish its responsibility, and
Protestantism had to appear. Thus, a sad history of Cain and Abel
emerged in Christianity. America, in the position of the second son,
Abel, has grown up as a primarily Protestant nation. As a nation
representative of Christian culture, America brought about a unified
world through its victory in World War II.

In such circumstances, True Parents were born in Korea. They came
to earth with the will to establish one world by embracing the
Christian cultural sphere and the free world, and thus relieve the
grief and heartbreak of Jesus who could not accomplish on the
worldwide level. However, because of the opposition of both Korean
and American Christianity, and their disunity, the Unification Church
had to start from the beginning, and undergo a course of struggle to
inherit the Christian cultural sphere. Now we are going through a
forty year course in the wilderness, which will end in tux years. In
this historical era, we understand that it is providentially
significant to elevate True Parents' love from the national to the
worldwide level by connecting the national to the worldwide
foundation. This will restore the foundation of the land of Canaan,
centered upon a new Israel.

In this unprincipled fallen world, all suffering is caused by
Satan. The first Messiah should have prevailed over Satan both on the
national and worldwide levels, but due to his failure, True Parents
were put in the position of indemnifying that failure. Thus, they
erected the Unification Church on the worldwide level on behalf of
Christianity, and the Unification cultural sphere on behalf of the
cultural sphere of the free world. Now they are in the process of
moving forward towards the pinnacle of building a new nation of God.

A large group of professors from 72 nations to lead a dispensation
through which Korea, the Korean churches, and the Korean people could
welcome them. In such an intense historical situation, Satan knew
that his controlling power over the world would be diminished, and he
attempted desperately to interrupt this dispensation by all means.
However, due to the victorious condition set by True Parents, he had
no basis to invade them, and he had to admit their authority over
Korea and the world. Therefore, instead, Satan was forced to claim
the mistakes made by Korea, Christianity, the free world, the blessed
couples of the Unification Church -- including the 36 couples -- who
could not be unified centered on True Parents' will, and even True
Parents' family; and God could not help but allow Satan a conditional
offering.

Children in the position of Abel have always been attacked by
Satan. Therefore, President Hyo Won Eu, whose family was the second
of the first three families which represent twelve families, had to
die outside his home. Further, Heung Jin, True Parents' second son,
had to go to the spirit world as a sacrifice.

In
Jin Moon and Jin Sung Pak

However, we know that the position of Heung Jin in spirit world is
different from that of Jesus. While on earth True Parents laid a
victorious foundation of love for both Korea and the world so that
the authority of Satan was destroyed. Satan is in a position where he
should have to yield his entire world to True Parents even
conditionally, without Heung Jin's sacrifice. Heung Jin's position is
naturally different from that of God's beloved son, Jesus; Jesus
caused deep pain and sorrow to God through his death, whereas True
Parents sent their son as a delegate of love to spirit world to
relieve God's pain and sorrow by preparing the foundation for the
liberation of spirit world. And on this day, so much like Pentecost,
I bless Heung Jin in the spirit world and Hoon Sook on earth as an
eternal couple.

Hereafter, the substantial Holy Spirit foundation is established
on earth, for Heung Jin has opened a gate through which the spiritual
and physical worlds can freely communicate. I his has enabled the
Victorious Day of Love** to be proclaimed.
True Parents' love has led a providence of resurrection to prevail
over false love and death. Spirit world has become one with Korea and
Heung Jin, and thus Abel's sovereign powers have begun. And, as all
kings throughout the world who are sovereign powers become united,
Abel sovereign powers can expand. For this reason, not only the
innumerable people who had believed in Abel-position religions, but
also the good spirits who are now trying to work for Judaism,
Christianity and Unification Church, can build the foundation for the
Kingdom of Heaven in spirit world through their unity as a people
under Abel-sovereign powers. All of this has come to pass thanks to
True Parents' love. Thus, because God's love can prevail over Satan's
dominion, and earthly love and heavenly love can be directly related,
we deeply praise Heung Jin's accomplishment.

Heung Jin, before the night you left for the spirit world, True
Parents held the Unification Ceremony so that True Parents, True
Children, all the blessed families, all the worldly families, all
mankind, Christianity and the free world could be united centering
upon True Parents, True Children and blessed families. And
afterwards, I promised you, through a prayer, that I would bless you
and give you an adopted child. Therefore, in order to observe my
words to you, today, in the name of True Parents, I chose Hoon Sook
as your bride, and hope that you will be happy with this Blessing. I
pray that you will gratefully accept this historic and providential
mission endowed by God -- to bring the once lonely king and sovereign
powers in spirit world to be connected with those in the physical
world. Then the earthly Kingdom of Heaven and the Kingdom of Heaven
in the spirit world can be united, thus dissolving the suffering of
God and True Parents.

True Parents are asking that you, as a young king, be responsible
for all the good spirits so that they can cooperate with all the good
people on earth and establish one united world, by eliminating the
evil sphere in the free world and all of the communist world, and
transforming this dark world into one which is under God's direct
dominion of love. We know that this is what God desires from you, and
we hope that you can fulfill this responsibility.

Heavenly Father, as True Parents on earth bless Heung Jin and Hoon
Sook as an eternal couple, please joyfully accept this Blessing. It
bridges the spiritual and physical worlds through the direct union of
love prevailing over Satan's dominion. This is not only a time of
feasting in the spirit world but also in the physical world. Please
let this Blessing unite heaven and earth, and mobilize all the good
spirits in the spirit world to come to earth so that they can be
resurrected on this glorious day.

We offer this day of Blessing in rapture and gratitude. Please
accept this day in gladness. Please bless all the groups of people
from all over the world assembled here, and guide them to pray for
Heung Jin and Hoon Sook who have come into union. Let the couples of
In Jin, Ye Jin and Hyo Jin all be united in heart, and let them be
guards for Heung Jin and his bride. We believe that you will be able
to remove all the evil forces which hinder the spirit world and
physical world from coming together, by having True Parents sit on
the foundation of the love of these four couples. Let all the
Unification Church members follow the example of Hoon Sook, and
elevate the standard of the Unification Church through love and
unity. We know that if they do so, Heaven can be with them, and the
foundation for Heung Jin to cooperate with them can also be
established. Thus, let them lead lives of filial piety and loyalty in
accordance with Your will.

We thank you for Your blessings upon this day, and for having
accepted Heung Jin and Hoon Sook as an eternal couple. We pray in the
name of True Parents. Amen, Amen, Amen.

Notes:

*Sam O Je: A Korean traditional ceremony of greeting the
dead at the tomb three days after the burial of the corpse.